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Drought phenotyping in crops: from theory to practice (2014)

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 Republication of selected chapters in Frontiers in Plant Physiology

At GCP's 2011 General Research Meeting in Hyderabad, India, group discussions on communications included the possibility of republishing the 2011 GCP book Drought phenotyping in crops: from theory to practice with an open-source online publisher, Frontiers. Republishing this work gave contributing authors an opportunity to update their findings, and to bring state-of-the-art research in phenotyping to the public once more, with each author moving at their own pace. Not all chapters from the original book have been republished in Frontiers in Plant Physiology, but those that were republished were compiled into a Frontiers e-book.

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Editorial
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Facing the challenges of global agriculture today: what can we do about drought?

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Methods
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Phenotyping for drought tolerance of crops in the genomics era Screening experimental designs for quantitative trait loci, association mapping, genotype-by-environment interaction Analysis of constituents for phenotyping drought tolerance in crop improvement Bridging the phenotypic and genetic data useful for integrated breeding through a data annotation using the Crop Ontology developed by the crop communities of practice
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Field phenotyping strategies and breeding for adaptation of rice to drought Phenotyping for drought adaptation in wheat using physiological traits Phenotyping maize for adaptation to drought Phenotyping pearl millet for adaptation to drought
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Phenotyping chickpeas and pigeonpeas for adaptation to drought Phenotyping cowpeas for adaptation to drought
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Plant response to environmental conditions: Assessing potential production, water demand, and negative effects of water deficit The statistical analysis of multi-environment data: modelling genotype-by-environment interaction and its genetic basis Spatial analysis to support geographic targeting of genotypes to environments

 

 
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Phenotyping common beans for adaptation to drought Phenotypic approaches to drought in cassava: review Phenotyping bananas for drought resistance

 

 

Drought phenotyping in crops: from theory to practice (2011)

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This volume, published under a Creative Commons licence, to ensure the widest possible dissemination, is a detailed description and analysis of the complex work of drought phenotyping in crops, simultaneously tackling both the theoretical and practical aspects. It is written for both practitioners and postgraduate students of plant science grappling with the challenging task of evaluating germplasm performance under different water regimes.

Part I is a methods section: different methods are presented for accurately characterising environmental conditions, implementing trials and capturing and analysing the information this generates, regardless of the crop. Part II is dedicated to application to specific crops. It presents the state-of-the-art in research on adaptation to drought, and recommends specific protocols to measure different traits in 14 major food crops (bananas and plantains, beans, cassava, chickpeas, cowpeas, groundnuts, maize, pearl millet, pigeonpeas, rice, sorghum, sweet potatoes and wheat).

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About the book Publishing info | Contents | Preface | Acknowledgements | Acronyms | Contributors Part I Part II Measurements Index

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Part I: Plant phenotyping methodology

I.1 Key concepts issues and approaches

I.2 Phenotyping platforms

I.3 Phenotyping in contrasting environments

I.4 Screening experimental designs

I.5 Assessing effects of water deficit

I.6 Statistical models for GEI

I.7 Analysis of metabolites

I.8 Crop ontology

I.9 Models to assist phenotyping

I.10 Spatial analysis
Part II: Application to specific crops

II.1.1 Rice

II.1.2 Wheat

II.1.3 Maize

II.1.4 Sorghum

II.1.5 Pearl millet

II.2.1 Common beans

II.2.2 Chickpeas and Pigeonpeas

II.2.3 Cowpeas

II.2.4 Groundnuts

II.3.1 Cassava

II.3.2 Sweet potatoes

II.3.3 Bananas and plantains

Physiological breeding I: Interdisciplinary approaches to improve crop adaptation (wheat)

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Published by CIMMYT, this book outlines the theoretical basis for phenotyping, and touches on molecular breeding and crop management − both of which have implications for phenotyping and physiological traits. Part I below has four main sections: i) improving yield and other target traits ii) phenotyping iii) molecular markers and their application, and, iv) sustainable cropping systems.

GCP was one of the the funders for CIMMYT's physiological breeding initiatives that are the basis of this book, which is presented below in e-book format

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Physiological Breeding I: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Improve Crop Adaptation

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Physiological Breeding I: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Improve Crop Adaptation - Front matter Physiological Breeding I: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Improve Crop Adaptation - Introduction Improving yield and other target traits Phenotyping Molecular markers and their application Providing a basis for the development of sustainable cropping systems

 

 

Proceed to Part II: Physiological breeding II: A field guide to wheat phenotyping

Physiological breeding II: A field guide to wheat phenotyping

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Part II of this volume covers i)canopy temperature, stomatal conductance and water relation traits ii) spectral reflectance indices and pigment measurement iii) photosynthesis and light interception iv) direct growth analysis v) crop observations, and vi) general recommendations.

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Physiological Breeding II: A Field Guide to Wheat Phenotyping
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Front matter: acknowledgements, printing information, contents
Physiological Breeding II - Introduction Canopy temperature, stomatal conductance and water relation traits Spectral reflectance indices and pigment measurement Photosynthesis and light interception

Direct growth analysis
Crop observations
General recommendations
Appendix: Glossary and abbreviations

 

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Drought phenotyping in crops: from theory to practice

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Published under a Creative Commons licence for the widest possible dissemination, this book is a unique attempt to simultaneously tackle theoretical and practical aspects in drought phenotyping, through both crop-specific and cross-cutting approaches. It is designed for – and will be of use to – practitioners and postgraduate students in plant science, who are grappling with the challenging task of evaluating germplasm performance under different water regimes.

In Part I, different methodologies are presented for accurately characterising environmental conditions, implementing trials, and capturing and analysing the information this generates, regardless of the crop.

Part II presents the state-of-art in research on adaptation to drought, and recommends specific protocols to measure different traits in major food crops (focusing on particular cereals, legumes and clonal crops).

The book is part of the CGIAR Generation Challenge Programme’s efforts to disseminate crop research information, tools and protocols, for improving characterisation of environments and phenotyping conditions. The goal is to enhance expertise in testing locations, and to stimulate the development and use of traits related to drought tolerance, as well as innovative protocols for crop characterisation and breeding.

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The original 2011 version of GCP's phenotyping book is a detailed description and analysis of the complex work of drought phenotyping in crops, simultaneously tackling both the theoretical and practical aspects. Part I comprises 10 chapters dealing with a variety of methods, while Part II is dedicated to application for 14 crops (with groundnuts, sorghum, sweet potatoes and plantains added to the 10 in the 2014 edition).  

Selected chapters from the original were republished as a Research Topic by open-access online publisher, Frontiers, with seven method chapters, and nine crop chapters covering 10 crops.

The 10 crops in this 2014 edition are bananas, beans, cassava, chickpeas, cowpeas, maize, pearl millet, pigeonpeas, rice and wheat. 

 

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